In around a month’s time Steve Bruce will have been Aston Villa manager for two years – for many of us that is far too long. Personally I would have liked him to step down as manager after the Play Off final whether we won or lost (especially though as we lost!). The football we have played has… Read More »
Well, whatever happens on Saturday against Fulham, one thing is certain. Villa fans have got more enjoyment out of this season than they have had for many a year. It helps when you start to win games again, when you smash both of the local opposition at home and when you get in a position that could take… Read More »
Football is all about opinions – you can have one and I can have one as well, they don’t need to be the same. For example, during Big Fat Ron’s reign I was a consistent critic of Steve Staunton. Not sure why now as, on reflection, he’s probably one of the better left backs we’ve had over the… Read More »
In the last week, Aston Villa have gained nine points in their Championship campaign – to put that into context, from the start of the 2015/16, it took Villa five months to gain nine points. By any means, things are certainly going well in B6 and the fact that most of the attendances at Villa Park are 30,000+… Read More »
Last week, as we headed for two home games after the international break, we warned how important September could be but how that we just wanted it to end as it usually kicks us right in the proverbial. Well guess what? We were bang on. In two games we managed less than eight shots and managed to score… Read More »
For many the Transfer Deadline Day (sponsored by Sky Sport News) is a distraction, a forlorn hope that their team is going to buy somebody that will actually improve their team. But it’s really only a distraction from what’s coming – the month of September – where they really can see where their season is going after all… Read More »
Why oh why do managers have to do it? Is it because they just don’t trust their own instinct or is it because they think it makes them look clever? Well, you know what, most of the time they do it they just look like a mug. What am I talking about? Changing a winning system! So, after… Read More »
Before the season started, all Aston Villa fans will have said ‘We’ll take the current league standings and end the season now’. The joke being, that on alphabetical order, Aston Villa stood at the top of the league in the Champions position. Move forward less than a month and Aston Villa go into the home game against Norwich… Read More »
Long before the same thing happened in the FA Cup, the League Cup has been used as a chance to give fringe and young players a run out in the first team. That is, of course, until a team gets near to playing at Wembley when suddenly all the regular players want back in along with their chance… Read More »
So, nearly a year has passed since our last blog – just goes to show that we started out last season with so much optimism yet it barely lasted a month. New owner, new manager and a new division looked to be a new start for Aston Villa as it rose from the ashes of the Lerner years.… Read More »